Los Angeles transit strike drags on amid public pressure
Public pressure to end Southern California transit strike grows though impact remains limited. Fewer than 8 percent of county commuters use mass transit, while strikers and union officials clash over talks. Economists estimate losses near 37 million dollars as drivers face severe wage losses and workers cope with long commutes.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
Catherine Burke
University of Southern California
Beverly Hills
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Burke
Goldy Norton
United Transportation Union
Yolanda Solis
Grupo Latino Echo Park
Jack Kyser
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp
Carlos Morales
Kyser
Priest carries out ax attack on abortion clinic in Rockford
A Catholic priest, 32, drove a car through a clinic door and attacked the Abortion Access Northern Illinois Women’s Center with an axe in Rockford, firing by owner with a shotgun. No injuries reported. Earl was arrested on burglary and felony property damage charges, held on $10,000 bail.
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Rockford, Ill
Northern Illinois Women's Center
John Earl
Dominic Sasparro
Earl
Sasparro
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Vicki Saporta
National Abortion Federation
Rockford
NAF
Jasparro
Richard Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Illinois
US Supreme Court
Los Angeles Becomes Ground Zero for Labor Movement
LA shifts from hostile to union town as actors, postal workers, and teachers join bus and rail operators on strike. Leaders like Miguel Contreras and Mike Garcia bolster a broadened movement, citing immigrant labor, income disparities, and alliances with religious figures. Major wage gains and job guarantees emerged in April janitors’ action.
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Los Angeles
Miguel Contreras
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles Unified
Kent Wong
University of California, Los Angeles Center For Labor Research and Education
Wong
Contreras
Richard Riordan
Roger Mahony
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Mount Auburn Hospital
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Ernest Lynch & Associates
Merck & Co
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University of Texas of the
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